diff --git a/components/form-token-field/test/index.js b/components/form-token-field/test/index.js
index 5a983bf60c1456..0d0dceaf1d0772 100644
--- a/components/form-token-field/test/index.js
+++ b/components/form-token-field/test/index.js
@@ -32,6 +32,10 @@ const charCodes = {
 };
 
 describe( 'FormTokenField', function() {
+	if ( ! process.env.RUN_SLOW_TESTS ) {
+		return;
+	}
+
 	let wrapper, tokenFieldNode, textInputNode;
 
 	function setText( text ) {